Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 July 1945 — Page 2

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AE MONDAY, JULY 2, 1945

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FATAL TO SIX

Week: End Toll “Includes ; Killed by Trains.

ix persons “were dead~ today, ‘ vietims’ ot week-end accidents in Indiana, ’ . Two men were struck. by Srains, another was drowned; two persons’ “were injured fatally in automobile “accidents and a miner died in a " slate fall, In Indianapolis. James C. Pevril, 50, of the Jefferson hotel, 66 W. ‘New York st. died instantly when he was struck by the west-bound passenger train, “Spirit of St. Louis,” near Kitley ave, and .the ‘Pennsylvania railroad tracks, yesterday.

Walking Along Tracks

William G. Hoffman and G. R.| “Cooper, engineers on the train, told| police that Mr, Pevril apparently had been walking along the’ tracks, about 200 feet west of Kitley ave when he was struck. A resident of Indianapolis sev-| eral years, Mr, Pevril formerly sold household merchandise from door . to door but had not been employed in recent months, because of ill‘ness. Raymorn Handlin, 31, Roachdale, died at a Greencastle hospital yesterday after the automobile he was driving collided with a truck on state road 136 near Roachdale. The “truck was ‘driven by William Ward, | Danville. Elmer Stepro, 38, of New Salis- . bury, was injured fatally when

| tendant and Indiana state man® |

- struck by a train’ near Corydon junction early Sunday as he walked |

along the Southern railroad tracks. [Mary Lewis; 118 ‘W. 13th- st, were

The drowning victim was Donald | Lecount, 38, Syracuse; whose body was found in Lake Wawasee yes- ~ terday. Police said he was drewned “Saturday night, Leonard Meek, 52, was killed in a| slate fall at the Blackhawk mine] near Terre Haute Saturday.

Dies After Auto Crash Mrs. Dorothy Brown, 32, of Howe, received fatal injuries in a. head-on automobile crash late Sat- © urday night near Howe. Mrs. Brown was riding with her

husband, Charles, when their car

and one driven by Donald Emer- ~ sop, 168, of Sturgis, Mich. collided: : Police said Emerson was being held in the LaGrange county jail and

that he is alleged to have been driv- | Biggers, 26, of 1631 Draper st. in ing on the wrong side ot the road|

without lights-on-his car: Mr. Brown is reported in a serious condition today. Meanwhile, accidents in Indian-

1of the intruders struck him. After

_apolis also injured two persons. Harley Lawrence, 51, of 442 E.

Merrill st, received head cuts and| (taken to the Clinton county hoschest injuries Saturday when he pital. —

AND ROBBED IN PARK

“Sorority Guest _ CRITICAL INJURIES

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The condition of Mrs. Jean E. Douglas; 40, who fell 15 feet to the {ground from the porch roof of her , home, 431 E. New York st, Satur-| day night, is described as ¢rifical today at City hospital. Her husband, Frank Douglas, 54, {told police that ghe had crossed the

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apparently became dizzy and fell {through an open, unscreened win{dow. Striking the slanting porch

RECEIVED IN FALL.

‘roof, she rolled across it and over oe the edge. MRS. RUBY GENE. ZILLIKEN,

sore, naona present of We BOY SLIGHTLY HURT | Tau Phi Lambd t 11 WHEN HIT BY TRUCK

tend a meeting of Ramona Grove | x i ¥ Ly Phe held at the Lincoln hotel | ‘mie vear.old Chestine Thompson nl “one eeting will be in honor of jwas . knocked: down And recelved| m 8 |face cuts today when he darted out | {from between two parked cars into]

Mrs: . Dora: Alexander Tally, Omaha; Neb., natiopal president the path of a truck in front of his| home, 22 8S. Summit st, :

of the Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle, of which the sorority is. The truck, driven by Otte Fox. an auxiliary. [31, of 1553 Park ave, was movin Other officers who wit par- So 1 t d cit} 8) ticipate .in the program include |° owly. anc. stopped within-Ave feet Mrs. May Beaver, national at- of the accident. ) ad ale } | Taken to City hospital in an | ambulance with his mother, Mrs. | Eunice Thompson, the boy's condi= | ltion was described as not seridus,

#ger: Mrs. Al Wells, state musician; Louis Mills, state captain, and Mrs: Evelyn Joyce, certified instructer. and state secretary of the sorority.

YOUTH, 17, 1S BEATEN

A 17-year-old boy was beaten upand robbed last night in Douglas park by four youths.

The boy, Thomas John Lund, 122 W. 18th st., and a friend, Miss

sitting on a bench “when the men approached, asking first for a match. When Lund told thém he had none, they suggested ° sharing a {quart of whisky. Lund said he did not drink and as he and Miss Lewis started to leave the largest

telling Miss Lewis to “run for it” and try to get help, Lund was dragged farther into the park, beaten and robbed of $5, a wrist watch and a locket. Lund is confined to his home today and a search is being conducted for the four attackers.

was struck by a car driven by Jack

front of 840 Virginia ave. -Mr. Lawrence is in City hospital. Marvin Hensle of Dayton, O, a passenger in a plane piloted by Jasper Rodgers, Dayton; was injured when the plane crashed at the Frankfort airport Saturday. He was

| Massachusetts, Herbert: B. Maw of | day in his demand. for immediate would help to lessen the possibil-

'sions of the 37th annual conference. sized the virtue of co- operative en- |

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Governor Ralph \F. Gates, addressing the conferencex of governors vor by reciting the growth of at Mackinac Island. today, declared that post-war planning is neces- gor United, Sta Ait iB ag youn Seploied_ the IN STABBING DEATH sarily a matter -of “hom 7”! " |ing ‘union of 13 states to the most!: ‘drying-up of tax wells” by federal mtn y . nn yu Se, with the 42 governary’ pain strengthen; powerful nation on earth,” in 150 encroachment. A murder charge has been placed states y the eral governmen ears. ‘ i , against Cha y Speaking on’ “the revitality of -state-local relations,” Governor, y | Congr Supported Swonser sates ie Gates declared that “in these units ;- {is too wide a departure ‘from’ the| “ ernthere is underlying initiative;"theré| Maw keypoted formal discussions’ principles which made this nation mental =r on miited; Dolicg sald, stabbing 19 is a close and intimate knowledge in the scheduled four-day meeting | | what itis, to be sanctioned as a {the state to Washington, it is taken death HePHET Meher, 41, 18 the ts of what goes on in government.” with & whraing that “The Amerls he policy,” he declared. [further from the people.” ter’'s home, 2810 Baltimore st. Indiana's Program - {can public will ‘Sustain this confer- | He said the American people | .Gov. Harry P. Kelly of Michigan . With more than 1500 “vital.and ence in what it does-to re-establish | have tasted the bitter pill of auto-| {formally introduced the. ‘séssions st., also at the Fisher residence, also necessary public improvement pro- our old ancestral philosophy—that| STAI government, and do. not. like with a brief welcome to which was stabbed and is now in fair cone Rosales ned i 2 sesvome ‘that government is best which gov- | Dewey Tesponaa extemporaneously. dition at City hospital. counc ovefnor Gates summed up lerns least.’” {an 1l-point Indiana improvement His view was supported tmmedi- oo Sy one Soins 1 ne | program including: jatly by O'Conor and Tobin. Tobin with a butcher knife after his wife Flood " control and conservation extended his appeal. for states’ kn Mrs. Bernice Spaulding, 26, all edly "of . water resources act; promotion rights to include broader taxation nowy: 10 carry the virus: had gone there to tak > t and development of aviation; aid [and revenue sources for the nation’s —Dr. Charles Armstrong, chief, 2. Keep children out of crowds. lh 's children, -Mr shen to veterans, ang enactment.of laws municipalities. of tif division of infectious dis- | 3. Prevent over-exhaustion ‘of |i 1 ouisyilte lt : Te providing for a ‘$500,000 state’ re-| Firm opinions were ‘expressed! eases, U. S. department of public | Children and see that they have a gn volving fund to be loaned to cities, |generally by the chief executives! health today called on parents to rest each afternoon. - Do not al. | Patrolmen F. Byron Patterson and towns: townships and .other gov- on the issue of states’ rights. = | tie OCIRtion Sore" Ds hun ow them to play until they are : = : = | exha : Shes! Site for Spee pub Against Autocratic Rule | dling of their children to pre- piste Asks Tax Change Gov." Thomas E.. Dewey ' of New| vent another infantile paralysis £ | York, ‘nominal leader of the Repub- | | - epidemic this year: Governors Maurice J. Tobin of |lican party, set the. pattern yester- | He said preventive measures

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Lists Safeguards To Combat Polio

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